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Ultra-Compact Hybrid Silicon: Chalcogenide Waveguide Temperature Sensor
Optics Express
  • Bahareh Badamchi, Boise State University
  • Wei-Che Hsu, Oregon State University
  • Al-Amin Ahmed Simon, Boise State University
  • Zong Yin Chi, Boise State University
  • Jacob Manzi, Boise State University
  • Maria Mitkova, Boise State University
  • Alan X. Wang, Oregon State University
  • Harish Subbaraman, Boise State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2022
Abstract

We demonstrate a real-time, reusable, and reversible integrated optical sensor for temperature monitoring within harsh environments. The sensor architecture combines the phase change property of chalcogenide glasses (ChG) with the high-density integration advantages of high index silicon waveguides. To demonstrate sensor feasibility, ChG composition Ge40S60, which is characterized by a sharp phase transition from amorphous to crystalline phase around 415 °C, is deposited over a 50 µm section of a single mode optical waveguide. The phase transition changes the behavior of Ge40S60 from a low loss to high loss material, thus significantly affecting the hybrid waveguide loss around the phase transition temperature. A transmission power drop of over 40dB in the crystalline phase compared to the amorphous phase is experimentally measured. Moreover, we recover the amorphous phase through the application of an electrical pulse, thus showing the reversible nature of our compact temperature sensor. Through integrating multiple compositions of ChG with well-defined phases transition temperatures over a silicon waveguide array, it is possible to determine, in real-time, the temperature evolution within a harsh environment, such as within a nuclear reactor cladding.

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Citation Information
Bahareh Badamchi, Wei-Che Hsu, Al-Amin Ahmed Simon, Zong Yin Chi, et al.. "Ultra-Compact Hybrid Silicon: Chalcogenide Waveguide Temperature Sensor" Optics Express (2022)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/maria_mitkova/72/